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A critically important part of the hydrologic cycle is the transpiration of water through plants into the atmosphere. This water has traveled from the roots up to the top leaves and then moves out as water vapor.
 
  In the case of some plants, such as redwood trees, this can be a distance of hundreds of feet. Explain how it is that water can move up naturally, when forces of gravity might make one think that this is impossible.
 
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6 years ago
The forces of attraction between water molecules allow liquid water to adhere to a solid surface. This enables narrow columns of liquid water to move up through small vessels inside of plants to the top of the plant, in a process called capillary action.
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6 years ago
Makes a ton more sense now
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